Gaelin Masek Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 This has may have been discussed already but I need to know, is this for real? If you do not know what I mean check out the news entitles "Whoa.." at http://www.swgalaxies.net/ So now everybody has to have a unique first name? is that what they are saying? This is ridiculous. I mean just the idea of everybody in a universe of THOUSANDS of players having all totally unique first names baffles me. What about those popular ones that people will want as well? Ace, Emon, Kyle, Bob (well maybe). All that. And there is excuse is that it is too much to type out? Why can't we just put the person in our friends list and instead of typing their bloody name out every time, just click on it and type our message. I know I have little to know understanding of coding, MUD etc. But surely will all the money and people there must be something they can do. Thanks for bringing this to my attention Juztyn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loop Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 I agree, this seems pretty stupid...one would think that the amount of intelligent-sounding names is much lower than the number of people expected to play this game (never mind intelligent science fiction-type names). I'm not too worried, though. The developers have listened to the community on just about every other issue, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koffin Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 yeah, well no one take my name, I been thinking it up for two weeks now. Bob I think its truly unique to the Star Wars Universe and someone got my first choice allready... Ghedrefakl ' Da ' Bevcplifixus Not as unique I know, but i liked the way it rolled off the tounge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 The bad thing is remembering these damn names. I remember once... I had met someone called Tergyothilumos or something stupid like that. And then, one month later, I had to find that player again, for a friend. As you might guess, I never found that person. Ever! "/tell Tergymithlonus hello? /tell Troglodytimaximus hello?? /tell Thermoswithhelium hellooo???" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyalGuard Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 *is staggered by Dev incompetence* Ok I can parse names better than them and I design games, not program them! Why not just give every player a unique number? Then if you befriend someone, you store the name and number in your 'black book'. The player number functions as a phone number for communications! Suddenly I'm very worried about the quality of the game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Yeah, Royalguard, some kind of database could work. Hey, it works for ICQ, where everyone have unique UINs. Everyone can have the same names. You see the names in your ICQ client, but it really sends the messages according to the UINs behind the name. I mean, my pet online project has a better system for that than what the devs revealed, and hey, I know almost nothing about database design! I sure hope this is just a temporal brain lapse from the devs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sounds Risky Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 Well if we have to have unique first names in the end, you can call me . . . Abcdefg! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JekRendar Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 GAWD! Dont you ppl EVER go to the Official Forums were the Devs post DAILY!?! People have suggested that they may introduce 1. a Nick-Name System (ex. alias Billy Bob Joe = Setsuko) or 2. have a Friends list, that once you talk to people you have the option to add them to a nifty pop up menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koffin Posted June 26, 2002 Share Posted June 26, 2002 yeah right...these arent the official forums???? Hah...good one Jek...lol next thing you know youll be trying to convince me that these people arent the Dev's.... hehe that would be funny, over 200 post and all for nothing,,,,,LOL "Not the official forums"..hahaha...love it......thats a good one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 Yeah, Koffin. Sheesh, what are these people? "This is not the official forum"? Ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith 8 Posted June 27, 2002 Share Posted June 27, 2002 hahahahhaa lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaelin Masek Posted June 27, 2002 Author Share Posted June 27, 2002 We're just getting dilusional now kids Alright Jek perhaps they have said that but, they still had the incompetance to release this information. Surely they knew this would not please Gamers. Why say your going to use a crap system and then state later you'll use a better one... one not just wow everybody with your amazing system and not worry us with the idea of everybody in the ENTIRE galaxy having a unique name. You think Luke Skywalker was the only Luke?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunClown Posted July 2, 2002 Share Posted July 2, 2002 I think I might just use the random name generator now. Hopefully the names won't be really stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koenig Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 The strange thing is that I can see why they did it. Go through all the EU,games and films and find me 2 people with the first name. Its scary but true, I can't find any, so therefore the Devs are only sticking the norm in the star wars universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple R7x Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Koenig (SP?): Bail Organa; Bail Antillies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 There's quite a few Jan too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sounds Risky Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 Isn't there an Anakin in the books too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith 8 Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 yes.. there is another anakin.. that is the name of the son of Leia and Han,... they say he is (was) another kind of balance maker (or at least that is what i thought of him when i read about him) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koenig Posted July 4, 2002 Share Posted July 4, 2002 hmm the Jan Dodonna/ors thing is a little silly both the Bails are dead though at the time Galaxies is set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandalorian iTi Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 thats dumb, everyone has to have a dif. first name, now i could saee last name, but first name? WTF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janzeke Khan Posted August 2, 2002 Share Posted August 2, 2002 I think the thing with Anakin Solo was that Jacen, Jaina, and Anakin would form a new hope for the Republic. Anakin being the final piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewok Hunter Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 Anakin solo was named after the anakin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 Well, they did this in order to make it easier to send messages to people, you only have to type in the persons first name instead of the entire name. Personally, I wouldn't care if I had to type "Matt Shoemaker" for instance to reach him. The way it will be nao I got to be extremly early to get the name 'Jan' in my full name, IF they even allow it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaalgoth Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 If someone takes Varan I will hunt them down repeatedly until they delete the character. They will be my bich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thew Rydur Posted August 4, 2002 Share Posted August 4, 2002 Uhh ...yeah same goes for Thew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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